1658 in science
# 1658 in science

The year 1658 in science and technology involved some significant events.

## Astronomy

* approx. date – Kamalakara compiles his major work, Siddhāntatattvaviveka, in Varanasi.

## Life sciences

* Jan Swammerdam observes red blood cells (in the frog) with the aid of a microscope.
* Samuel Volckertzoon observes a quokka on Rottnest Island.

## Mathematics

* Christopher Wren gives the first published proof of the arc length of a cycloid.

## Publication

* Posthumous publication of Arzneibüchlein, pharmacopoeia compiled by Anna von Diesbach.

## Births

* March 5 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (died 1730)
* April 2 - Pierre Pomet, French pharmacist (died 1699)
* April 8 - Georges Mareschal, French surgeon (died 1736)
* unknown date – Nicolas Andry, French physician (died 1742)

## Deaths

* January 9 - Pierre-Jean Fabre, French physician and alchemist (born 1588)
* October 22 – Charles Bouvard, French herbalist (born 1572)
